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Theodora Elvina GRONSETH

Female 1919 - 2009  (90 years)

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  • Name Theodora Elvina GRONSETH 
    Birth 10 Mar 1919  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1919-33207 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 2009-MN-036059 
    Death 15 Dec 2009  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Meadow Lane Health Care Center, Benson
    Burial Scandia Lutheran Church Cemetery, Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Called Theodora in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Called Terasa Elvina on her birth certificate.

      Theodora Alvina Anderson, 90, of rural Murdock, died Tuesday, December 15, at Golden Living Center in Benson, Minnesota.

      Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, at Scandia Lutheran Church in rural Glenwood . Interment will be in the church cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Sunburg Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.

      Theodora was born March 10, 1919 in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, Minnesota, to Ralph and Emma (Ellingboe) Gronseth. She grew up in Kerkhoven township and attended District 66 School. She married Norine J. Anderson on March 20, 1940 at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. They lived and farmed in rural Murdock. Theodora was a member of Scandia Lutheran Church, where she was active with the Scandia WMF.

      She is survived by two daughters: LeVina (and John) Giinther of Minneapolis and Verlaine (and Jon) Opsahl of Bloomington; four sons: Robert Anderson of Benson, Larry Anderson of Murdock, Leland Anderson of Murdock and Arlan Anderson of Murdock; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: Norine in 1981; two brothers; and six sisters.
    Person ID I5759  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 11 May 2021 

    Father Rolf R GRONSETH,   b. 22 Mar 1870, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1959, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Emma ELLINGBOE,   b. 10 Apr 1886, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1955, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jul 1903  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Norin Joseph ANDERSON,   b. 5 Nov 1913, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1981, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1940  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4548  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2010